Low-lying areas in Sundarbans inundated due to tidal surge

The low-lying areas of the Sundarbans in Bagerhat district have been inundated due to the tidal surge caused by the depression in the Bay of Bengal.

Most of the areas including Karamjal Wildlife Breeding centre have been experiencing a waist-deep-water on Sunday, causing immense sufferings to the visitors.

The residents of the coastal areas in Bagerhat district have been experiencing intermittent showers since Saturday afternoon.

The water level of many rivers in the Sundarbans also increased.

Amresh Chandra Dhali, officer-in-charge of Mongla Weather Observatory Centre, said the well-marked low over the Bay intensified into a depression, prompting the authorities concerned to ask the maritime ports across the country to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3.

Low-lying areas of coastal districts and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by tidal surges.

Muhammad Belayet Hossain, Divisional Forest Officer of Sundarbans East zone, said the water level of many rivers and canals in the Sundarbans has risen from its normal tide.

Talking with Masud Biswas, a tourist from Meherpur district and some other visitors from Chattogram, they said they came here in the morning and there was no water but in the afternoon, they experienced waist-deep water inside it.

Azizur Rahman, deputy-director of Department of Bagerhat Agriculture Extension, said the local Met office recorded 4.66 mm of rainfalls in a span of 24 hours in Bagerhat.